Example sentences of "[prep] coming to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the older families derived their wealth from trade , the newer ones drew it more from investment in property , after coming to prominence initially through service to the Crown , as controllers of customs or victuallers for armies , or by serving as town clerk . |
| 2 | COYHAIQUE , Chile ( AFP ) — President Pinochet said he has decided to abolish the secret police which he established 16 years ago , shortly after coming to power . |
| 3 | The membership ban would make sense if it was Labour Party policy to expel Northern Ireland from the UK immediately after coming to power . |
| 4 | Soon after coming to power , the Arena government instituted a new round of ‘ stabilization ’ measures in 1989 , including privatizations , currency devaluation and price hikes , particularly for public transport , which provoked a wave of popular discontent . |
| 5 | V. P. Singh " s minority Janata Dal government collapsed in November 1990 , only 11 months after coming to power . |
| 6 | And er that er very often the criminal fraternity are looking at it as a ways and means of getting out of coming to court . |
| 7 | Terry was , originally at least , a wing-half who had captured the eye of manager Cyril Spiers , and , after a season ( 1955–56 ) of coming to maturity and settling down to the demands of League football , he put together a run of 214 consecutive League appearances ( 234 with major Cup competitions ) which was a club record at the time and has only once been exceeded by the great John Jackson . |
| 8 | We begin by talking about their daily routine of coming to school and returning home , which they enact individually and in pairs . |
| 9 | Misson , in his commentary on the English funeral , tells us what happened next , and why : ‘ They let it [ the corpse ] lye three of four Days … which Time they allow , as well to give the dead Person an Opportunity of Coming to Life again , if his Soul has not quite left his Body , as to prepare Mourning , and the Ceremonies of the Funeral . ’ |
| 10 | They let it lye three or four days in this Condition ; which Time they allowe , as well to give the dead Person an Opportunity of Coming to Life again , if his Soul has not quite left his Body , as to prepare Mourning , and the Ceremonies of the Funerall . |
| 11 | His only real chance of coming to grief was that of being struck by a stray round-shot , an unlikely mishap , for they sank as soon as they landed . |
| 12 | There were no police statements taken and the thing never even looked like coming to court . |
| 13 | But there were other reasons for coming to City Europe . |
| 14 | Make a list of words that describe how you think Brian Smart would feel about coming to school each day . |
| 15 | erm does she know about coming to school ? another car , huh , does she know about coming to school erm late ? |
| 16 | erm does she know about coming to school ? another car , huh , does she know about coming to school erm late ? |
| 17 | It might almost be worth coming to Court again . |
| 18 | Why did you wait until I was asleep before coming to bed on the boat on the way over ? |
| 19 | However , musical silence reigns while the DSP operates a protective delay before coming to life . |
| 20 | A survey conducted at the beginning of this year suggested that 96% of securities fraud cases are settled before coming to trial . |
| 21 | This often means that you 've studied the subject at a lower level before coming to college — and have done reasonably well at it . |
| 22 | In such circumstances it is natural that Ministers should want to implement without undue delay policies for changes in the legal framework of the criminal law and for dealing with offenders which they may have espoused before coming to power . |
| 23 | Becoming critically aware of one 's dilemma in life without God is the first level of understanding necessary in coming to faith . |
| 24 | This awareness of need is the first level of understanding in coming to faith , and if there is any deficiency at this fundamental level , doubt will strike later on . |
| 25 | Other plans initiated during 1984 were longer in coming to fruition and one idea , to open a short stay ‘ crash pad ’ for users in crisis , was dropped altogether . |
| 26 | The Republicans were fortunate in coming to power at a time of growing prosperity . |
| 27 | I wa I wanted a a point that er respond er neighbourhood and the manager I spoke to said that the areas that were the case since er , de decentralisation because er people are er er in coming to neighbourhood offices and that of the of the managers arrange er er er aims or er either run in in two neighbourhoods er er I I feel personally it 's been very worthwhile because we were able to talk to the er , they they they were never able to go and and and they came to the er , the neighbourhood offices international conducive er er er or er er ah i i in areas they want to talk to , so I I , I personally would would like to see this continuing er for perhaps a it is n't the best value for money i i i it certainly far better for for for can come to their neighbour office Speak |
| 28 | ‘ I have been a runner-up at United and again since coming to Villa , but it 's always been my dream to win the big one , ’ said McGrath . |
| 29 | Since coming to office in late 1990 , the National Party 's standing in the polls had plummeted as the government reneged on its electoral pledges by initiating radical cuts in the country 's welfare state . |
| 30 | On Oct. 9 , Prime Minister Hanna Suchocka presented to the Sejm ( lower house of parliament ) the socio-economic programme which her government had drawn up since coming to office in July [ see p. 39016-17 ] . |